Vasyl Bilozersky

He was a brother of Hanna Barvinok (real name Oleksandra Bilozerska), who was married to Panteleimon Kulish.

After graduating in 1846 from the Kiev University, for couple of years Vasyl Bilozersky was an instructor at the Peter Cadet Corps school in Poltava.

Bilozersky developed the idea of Christian Socialism and promoted union of all Slavic nations in republican federation where the leading role would have played Ukraine.

In 1856, Bilozersky was freed from his exile and he moved to Saint Petersburg where he joined the local hromada organization.

[2] Later he served in Warsaw where Bilozersky kept relations with Galicia and cooperated with magazines Meta and Pravda.